"Father Knickerbocker" dribbling a basketball

Apparently, this was actually the Knicks logo from 1947 - 1964. Really? They kept this logo for 17 years? Can you picture Spike Lee sitting courtside rockin a jersey with Ben Franklin's cousin on the front? Actually, if you read below, you'll see that they brought this thing back last year for a throwback jersey. Apparently, anything becomes cool again when its on a throwback jersey. Check out SportsLogos.net to look up pretty much any logo.

'Father Knickerbocker' was at one time the symbol of New York City, going back to editoral cartoons in the 19th century, so when New York's Professional Basketball team was founded and decided to call themselves 'the Knickerbockers', it only seemed natural to have Father Knickerbocker associated with the team. In the club's early days he was used as a logo and displayed prominently on the team's uniform shorts. After 1964 the Knicks decided to go with a more simple logo as the name was unofficially shortened to 'Knicks' and was displayed over a basketball. Father Knickerbocker was sent to the archives until 2005 when he returned after a 40-year absence on a throwback uniform.

Posted by Chris Creamer on September 8, 2006